Kevin Nelson, Author at California Globe

Pelosi’s ‘Pickle’ Giving Democrats a Headache

July 17, 2022 2:32 amJuly 18, 2022 7:30 am

Nancy Pelosi is in a pickle. That’s an old-fashioned word that an online dictionary blandly defines as: “a difficult situation.” The Brits have added some relish to it by describing a person in trouble as being in “a pretty pickle.”...

‘Playing the Fool’: Newsom’s Presidential Campaign Strategy

July 9, 2022 7:57 amJuly 11, 2022 1:52 pm

Gavin the Fool. Gavin the Jester. These are two of the gambits being used by California Governor Gavin Newsom in his early bid to sweep through re-election in November and then turn his sights on becoming the Democrat Party’s presidential...

Hollywood’s Selective Outrage over the Tragedies of Uvalde and the Truck Migrants

July 2, 2022 2:30 amJuly 3, 2022 9:40 am

Los Angeles—A galaxy of Hollywood stars reacted with horror and outrage over the tragic deaths of more than 50 migrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries whose bodies were found trapped inside a semi-truck near San Antonio this week. ...

‘Streisand effect’ Snares Nancy and Paul Pelosi in Trap

June 21, 2022 10:57 amJune 21, 2022 11:24 am

Late on a Saturday night on Memorial Day weekend in California’s wine country, a drunk driver smacked into another car while coming home from a party. Fortunately neither driver was hurt. Weeks later people around the world are still talking...

Russell Brand Dishes the Dirt on Nancy Pelosi and her DUI Husband

June 9, 2022 2:45 amJune 8, 2022 8:10 pm

Political wisdom can come from the unlikeliest of sources— even the ex-husband of Katy Perry and the raunchy star of a minor (and very forgettable) Hollywood hit, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” This source of political insight and regrettable cinema is Russell...

Gavin Newsom: A Rich Target for Mockery and Satire

June 4, 2022 2:30 amJune 3, 2022 12:57 pm

Bill Maher made what was for him a startling discovery not long ago on his HBO show: Pointed comedic barbs aimed at pompous politicians do not merely emanate from lefty comics like himself. The Right can deliver some pretty good...

Celebrity Politicians Are Almost All Republicans – Why is That?

May 3, 2022 4:36 pmMay 3, 2022 3:30 pm

Reports of Dianne Feinstein’s political demise, to borrow from Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. After a San Francisco Chronicle article questioned her capacity to handle the demands of her job due to age-related mental deterioration, California’s octogenarian senator said no, she...